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Dr.
Scherzer plans to stop practicing before 2014:
Dr. Joseph
Scherzer, a Dermatologist in Scottsdale, Arizona, placed a sign in his office:
"If you voted for ObamaCare, be aware these doors will close before it goes
into effect, unless Congress or the Courts repeal the BILL." He said
the stress is what would push him out the door. The maximum fine was previously
$10,000; under the bill it will now be capped at $50,000. Scherzer said the fine
system makes seeing Medicare patients a difficult and stressful exercise.
Now,
that's pretty straight forward.
Four
Years worth of Office Rent
Come to think about it, one fine equals four years worth of rent. That would
close my doors whether I wanted to or not.
Will
2014 be the HealthCare Armageddon?
Congratulations
to KP
Feb. 18, 2010 - Oakland, Calif. - Kaiser Permanente has been honored in Fast
Company's annual Most Innovative Companies issue as the fifth Most
Innovative Health Care Company in the World for its pioneering electronic health
record that is the world's largest civilian electronic health record, and
for its health care innovation center that develops the future of health care.
Kaiser
Permanente was recognized for its pilot
medical data exchange program with the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, which enables clinicians from VA and Kaiser
Permanente to obtain a more comprehensive view of a patient's health using electronic
health record information, including information about health issues,
medications, and allergies.
The
exchange
program centers around Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect®, which gives the
organization's 14,600 physicians immediate access to a patient's status and
medical history, as well as decision support based on evidence-based practice
guidelines and the latest medical research. Kaiser Permanente's members easily
and conveniently can make and reschedule appointments, check lab results, and
send e-mails to care providers via My
Health Manager, the online personal health record that connects directly
with KP HealthConnect.
Fast
Company also recognized Kaiser Permanente for its Sidney
R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center, the only setting of its kind that
brings together technology, architecture, nurses, doctors and patients with
human-centered design thinking and low-fidelity prototyping and design to
brainstorm and test tools and programs for patient-centered care in a mock
hospital, clinic, office or home environment.
Kaiser Permanente used the Garfield Center to develop the Digital Operating Room
of the Future and an award-winning medication error reduction program. It's also
used to test disruptive technologies such as telemedicine, surface computing,
robots, facial recognition, remote monitoring, video game consoles and a
handheld computer tablet similar to the Apple iPad that Kaiser Permanente nurses
and physicians have piloted in hospitals the last two years.
"This
recognition is emblematic of a culture and spirit at Kaiser Permanente that
enables the transformation of health care," said Kaiser Permanente Chief
Information Officer Philip Fasano, who was recently recognized by Computerworld
as one of the top 100 IT Leaders for 2010. "Our electronic health record
and Garfield Health Care Innovation Center are exciting examples of the
innovation fostered throughout our organization and are the starting point in
our journey to deliver real-time, personalized health care."
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TO
PEE OR NOT TO PEE . . . that is the question
Like
most folks in this country, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes
& the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
In
order to get that paycheck, in my case, I am required to pass a random urine
test (with which I have no problem).
What
I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't
have to pass a urine test.
So,
here is my question: Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare
check because I have to pass one to earn it for them?
Please
understand that I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I
do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their
butts, doing drugs while I work. Can you imagine how much money each state
would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?
We
could call this program "URINE OR YOU'RE OUT!"
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